Way of collection
Vaccine Data
Source: Wisconsin Department of Health Services & The Wisconsin Immunization Registry (WIR)
Every night at 11:30 pm we extract vaccine administration data from WIR that will be reported on the DHS website by 2:00 pm the following day. WIR is a live system and providers are constantly sending immunization data. Therefore, data will look different if it is extracted at a different time of day.
Vaccination administration: The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccines administered. The Vaccine Distribution Summary includes all vaccine doses administered by Wisconsin vaccine providers. This includes doses administered to people who resided out-of-state, but who live, work, or study in Wisconsin and qualify for vaccination in-state. This provides information to track the allocation, distribution, and administration of vaccine by Wisconsin’s vaccinators. The COVID-19 Vaccines for Wisconsin Residents dashboard displays data for Wisconsin recipients of the vaccine. This information is used to inform vaccination coverage for the state.
Vaccine dose: One vaccine dose is one vaccine product (like a shot or a nasal spray). Some vaccines require two or more doses to protect you fully against a disease. Other vaccines give you enough protection to fight the disease after just one dose or shot.
Series completion: Many vaccines require multiple doses spaced out by weeks, months, or years to provide the best protection against a disease. Once someone receives the recommended number of doses within the correct timeframe, their series is considered complete.
Urban/Rural, Income, and Education Data
These datasets are from previous class assignments, particularly Homework 6.
Zip Code and County Information
The data were from ZipCodesToGo, combined with Longitude/Latitude Coordinates for visual maps.
Wisconsin Median Age
The data was from a local news report which was based on the U.S. Census Bureau.
Note: Vaccine Data and Wisconsin Median Age are from government, so they are valid and legitimate. Others are from website and assignments, so they may not be so trustful.
Backgroud description & relation to topic
People with different levels of education may have different understandings of vaccines. One theory is that populations with limited education may think of vaccines, especially newly developed vaccines as particularly harmful or not well-studied; whereas, populations with more education might better understand the rigorous safety standards and trials the vaccine has been scrutinized by.
Concerning the urbanization of the environment, differences in residential densities could affect accessibility and/or the speed of distribution.
At the end of the study, we can have a broad understanding of the demographic of vaccine recipients.